[QCWA] Re: QCWA

[walt qcwa]

I have been reading the various messages in this thread, and find some
very good suggestions.  However I take issue with Steve's
(qcwa at texoma.net) comment about a "...unrepentant crew?"


Just what do any of the current or newly elected members of the board
have to be repentant about?  In my two years as Secretary I have been
associated with a very hardworking crew who have spent many hours
attempting to bring up to date the QCWA documentation
 The President elect has provided a great service to the organization
by maintaining the Web site and reflector; both probably at a
considerable investment in time.

 The comments are an unjust criticism Steve.

Walt Supina N3WS
QCWA secretary

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 8:25 AM,  <qcwa at texoma.net> wrote:
> This fall, a new, but unrepentent?, crew takes the ominous chore of trying
> to lead QCWA into revitalization. This they CANNOT do, unless and until
> the constraints, established long ago by well meaning but desusional
> founders, who thought that the imposition of the 25 years (somehow) would
> make them a much sought after organization. Well, the chickens have begun
> to return to the roost and it is a harbinger for the further decline of
> QCWA.
> I wish the incoming officers well...they'll need all of our support, but
> without some radical changes, QCWA is doomed to further decline and
> eventually there will only be a few, very small, inactive, die hard
> chapters to recall the good old days, back when....as it was. Without some
> forward and futuristic thinking and ACTIONS, QCWA will be like the hearse
> in a tornado. No matter where the driver(s) turn the wheels, the winds of
> change are bound to overcome and it will be the winds, not the driver(s),
> who will steer QCWA into greatness or eventual doom.  Steve>
>
>
>  Jim writes:  "  Lets start active mentoring programs and really teach
> some
>> skills to the new generation before the skills die out with us! Let the
>> current QCWA members set examples that make the new generation want to
> be
>> like us."
>>
>> How very well said Jim......my thoughts also.
>>
>> Interesting to note that in the recent field day activity that a lack of
>> qualified phone operators surfaced.  An interesting twist for sure.
>>
>> 73   Norm   K1AA
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jim Mockley" <jmockley at msn.com>
>> To: "QCWA" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 1:47 AM
>> Subject: [QCWA] Re: QCWA
>>
>>
>> This has been a very interesting string. I would like to suggest some of
> the
>> reasons for the decline in hams and membership have been technological.
> When
>> we were all coming up the ranks, the internet didn't exist. It has
> become
>> the ham radio of the present times. Secondly, When I was learning
>> electronics and theory, I was blessed with a number of great mentors.
> Some
>> are now SK's and some are still active. I remember how much I admired
> them
>> and appreciated their influence in my life.
>>
>> Today, the education of ham radio and for that matter commercial radio
> has
>> been relegated to software based programs available on CD and DVD. Where
> did
>> the hams with expertise slowly excuse themselves from mentoring the new
>> folks? maybe that is where we can make a difference.
>>
>> I would suggest QCWA members need to re-assert their skills and help the
> new
>> hams in their new field of study. The new courses available to these new
>> folks do not teach electronic or radio theory and design. As was
> previously
>> mentioned the new hams are learning just enough to pass the tests.
> Today,
>> people don't know how to pick up a soldering iron, instead they have
> become
>> appliance operators.
>>
>> Lets start active mentoring programs and really teach some skills to the
> new
>> generation before the skills die out with us! Let the current QCWA
> members
>> set examples that make the new generation want to be like us.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Jim Mockley W7JMM
>> Chapter 168
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